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Graham Potter said Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has done 'nothing wrong' after he was left out of Chelsea's Champions League squad for the rest of the season.
Aubameyang flew to Milan after being told he would not be involved in the team's Premier League clash with Fulham on Friday night, which ended in a goalless stalemate as £106.5million record-signing Enzo Fernandez made his Blues debut.
The Argentina World Cup winner was one of three new signings added to Potter's European selection ahead of the last-16 first-leg meeting with Borussia Dortmund on February 15, but the Blues boss insisted the omission of striker Aubameyang, who joined from Barcelona last summer, was simply a matter of numbers.
'He's a professional,' said Potter. 'I understand he'll be disappointed. It was a tough call. Pierre is just unfortunate and he'll be fighting for his place for the rest of the season.
'Whichever decision we made there was always going to be conversation about it. It was my decision. You have to make these calls. He's done nothing wrong at all.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been removed from Chelsea's Champions League squad
Chelsea boss Graham Potter (middle) has admitted the reasons behind his decision
'I've got a responsibility to articulate these decisions as well as I can to the player. He's handled it very well, he trained today fantastically.'
Potter's team were held
